English Explanatory Dictionary

Desert Father

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the early Christian hermits, ascetics and monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt, beginning around the third century AD, and were a major influence on the development of Christianity.

Word forms

Desert Father Desert Fathers
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